Metallic railway crosstie



H. C. ODENKIRK.

METALLIC RAILWAY CROSSTIE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 13. 1921.

Patented Feb 7, 1922.

UNITED STATES nanny c. onnnxrnk,

PATENT OFFICE.

or CLEVELA OHIO.

- META LI nArLwAY cnoss'rrn.

1 I 5 Application filed June" s To allwhomz't may 00mm I Be it known that I, HARRY C. Onmmnnr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga'and State'of Ohio, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Metallic-Railway Crossties ,--of which the following is a specification.

narily subjected when in'servic'e'and which areso constructedas to materially increase 7 the longevity thereof.

' Another object of this. invention is to so construct mynovel tie and rail fastening meansthat' the number of parts employed is reduced 'to' 'a'minimum While the maxi mum amount of strength is maintained.

Further objects of the invention are to so? construct'myimproved railway tie that the number of. ties required permile of road bed is materially reduced; that the trackrail seat an'd'r'ail' securing members are rigidly and 'securelyfastened to'the tie member 'at eachv side thereof with the lower surface'of each o f said members restingjin contact with the road bedor ballast, thereby furnishing the required-resiliency; that the; waste. of material in construction is eliminated by placingthe load carrying capacity under and near the rail, which materially lessens the expense; that the rail seat membersare provided with track rail, securing"means, sucha's hereinafter described, so that use of the spike or bolt securing means ordinarily employed is successfully avoided, and the outer ends'and sides of the tie member and rail seat members, as well as the inner edges of the rail seatmembers between said members are so buried in the road bed and ballast as to prevent any tendency of the side or endwise skidding of the ties when subjected to the excessive strains to which they are naturally subjected. Y

The foregoing and. such other objects as Specification of Letters Patents" Patented- Feh, 7,

1921. Serial ire/477464.

may appearv from the ensuing description,

are accomplished bythe means hereinafter o more fully described, and by the construction arrangement, location .and combinationof the'parts such'yas. illustrated-inthe) accompanying drawings and particularly setwforth in the claims appended hereto, it being understood that slight changes in the proportions and minordetails of the construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit orsacrificinganyof the adva'ntages oftheinvention.

Reference now being had to the accom- I panying drawings whichfo'rm apart of this specification'jit will. be seen that :Figure 1 is a perspective 'ofthe novel railway crosstie embodying myinvention. FigureQ'is a side elevation of the crosstie showing the track rails incross-section.

F-igure 3 a longitudinal section taken through one of therai lseat andrailsecuringmembers, showing the tie member broken away. and thetrack'rail in cross-section.-..

Figure 4: 1s an end'view showingthe track rail 1n-s1de elevatlon, and i Figure-'5 's aplan vlew of a portion of one of the railseat and rail securing members. i

Similar numerals of reference are employed to designate like parts throughou the several figures of the drawings. 2

In" the embodiment-of 'y invention illustrated I provideatiemember 1 preferably formed from a single straight upright bar of rolled'steel of suitable or desirable dimensions throughout its length "and breadth, and at each end portion of said member and at each sidefthereof, is firmly and securely fastened by a plurality of riveted bolts 2 a rolledsteel right angle bar or plate 3,- adapted to contact with and clamp against the outer faces of thetie memher from itsfltop tothe-bottom, each bar -or e plate 3 extendingto the outerend of the tie member *and a "suitable distance laterally therefrom, as-well as inwardly betweenthe track rails 4, said bars or plates 3 forming a widened bearing surface or seat for the base ofeach track rail. From the upperportion of each bar or plate 3 is stamped or punched upwardly and outwardly a plurality of rail securing projections 5 leaving openings 6 fltherethrough, said openings being covered by-the base of the track rails when resting thereon, said projections 5 being adapted to be forced, pressed or bent over the edges of the track rail into contact with the upper surface of its'base, at each side thereof, by

a sledge or other suitable tool, thereby locking and securing the track rails to the crosstie.

When it is desired toremove the tie for any purpose it can be readily performed bybending or forcing the securing projections '5 upwardly and away from Contact with the railbaseby'the use of the well known pinch bar, as will be readily understood.

It will be perceived that each angle bar or plate 3 projects laterally. a considerable distance from each side of the tie member '1 thereby forming a widened tie and rail seat, thus the number of ties usually emfurnished during thepasSage of the rollingv stock over the track rails, and at the same tlme the edges, and sides of the tie member and angle bars or plates between the rails,

" and the outer edgesof the tie being buried plates .3 riveted to the tie mem er, it will i be readil within the road bed and ballast serve to resist any tendency of the ties to shift sidewise or endwisewhen subjected to the excessive strain of the rolling stock.

While I have shown the an le'bars' or be understood that said bars or lates may secured to saidmem er by the use of b0 ts and securing nuts, so that a new bar or plate may be substituted if desired,

or required at little expense, and without'requiring an entirely new crosstie.

Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:- 3

.1. A railway tie comprising an upright central tie member, a right angle bar or plate rigidly secured at each end portion of the tie-member and extending from the top to the bottom of said member and to each outer end thereof, and a plurality of rail securing projections struck up from each of said bars or plates.

2. A railway tie comprising an upright central steel tie member, a plurality of right angle bars or plates secured at -each end portion of said'member, said bars or plates extending from the top to the bottomtof the member and to each outer end thereof, and

a plurality of rail securing projections struck up from each of the bars or plates.

, 3. A railway tie comprising an upright central member, a right angle baror plate secured to each side of said member, and'at each end thereof, each of said bars or plates extending laterally from the nember,*and a plurality of rail securing projections struck up from each of the bars or plates and bent over the upper surface of the rail'basea.

4. A railway tie comprising and upright central steel member, a right angle steel bar or plate secured to each sideof the member near its ends and overlapping each side from the top to the bottom of said member and extending to its outer ends, each angle bar extended laterally beneath the rail, and a plurality of rail securing projections struck up from each bar and adapted tobe forced over into contact with theupper surface of the rail base.

5. A railway tie of the character-described comprising a central upright member, a

plurality of angle bars or plates rigidly see cured at each end portion of said member,

' each angle bar extending from the'top tothe bottom of the member and projecting a suitable distance laterally'from the member beneath the rail base, and a plurality of upwardly extended projectionsstruck up from each angle bar adapted to be bent over the edges of the track rail into contact with its upper surface.

V 6. A railway tie of the character describedcomprising a central upright steel member,

a plurality of anglebars or plates firmly securedto the sideof said member, at each end portion thereof and extending to its ends, each angle bar extending laterally a suitable distance from the member and from its top to its bottom edgesv and beneath, the

rail base, a plurality of rail locking projections struck up from each angle bar. leaving openings therethrough adapted-to be covered by the rail base, said projections bein forced over the edges of the rail base and into contact with the upper surface of said base.

HARRY c. ODENKIRK. i 

